The Sacrifice ★★★ 1986 (PG) Tarkovsky's enigmatic final film, released after his death. Deals with a retired intellectual's spiritually symbolic efforts at self-sacrifice in order to save his family on the eve of a nuclear holocaust. Stunning cinematography by Nykvist. Acclaimed, but sometimes slow going; not everyone will appreciate Tarkovsky's visionary spiritualism. In Swedish and Russian with English subtitles. 145m/C VHS, DVD, Wide. FR SW Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Valerie Mairesse, Allan Edwall, Gudrun Gisladottir, Sven Wollter, Filippa Franzen;
Director:
Andrei Tarkovsky;
Writer:
Andrei Tarkovsky;
Writer:
Sven Nykvist. British Acad. '87: Foreign Film.
